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Thursday, March 31, 2016

From the Editor's DeskIn April last year, 18,452 Indian villages did not have electricity. That number has now dropped to 12,100 as the government implements its electrification plan. The village of Hotasar in Rajasthan is one of the recent beneficiaries. A resident Akbar Pardeshi, has pooled money to buy a second-hand TV that the villagers plan to watch. They already have mobile phones and some are planning to buy refrigerators. Kids look forward to going back to school, as they can now read at night and perform better. Families of nomads who rotated between homes as the climate changed are now thinking of settling in one place, building brick and concrete homes for themselves. Such is the power of electrification! - Comment

Telecom Commission approves 112 as India's new emergency numberSimilar to ‘911’ in the United States and ‘999’ in the United Kingdom, Indian residents will soon be able to dial a common emergency number, ‘112’ for availing the services like ambulance, police and fire extinguisher. The inter-ministerial panel Telecom Commission has approved the proposal to have a single number for the four emergency services. The

Lowdown on VoIP regulations at the IAMAI-Microsoft roundtableOn Monday, Microsoft and Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) organized a roundtable to discuss regulations around VoIP services in India. The event was attended by officials from Department of Telecom, Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), Microsoft and Vodafone among othe

India's Telecom Tower Cos To Grow 10% By 2019Telecom tower companies in India will post a revenue growth of about 10 percent over the next two years, as mobile operators are expanding their 3G and 4G footprint and will seek to lease more tower space, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

From the Editor's DeskMarket downturns are the best times for well-run startups. They can work on their core business, without having to worry about getting outpriced by flash-in-the-pan heavily-funded competitors. Bigbasket stuck to its core mission of getting an expanding assortment of groceries to you as quickly as possible and investors now want a bigger piece of that action. The grocery business with its issues of high number of SKUs, stockouts, low shelf life and notoriously low margins is a tough space to operate in. Ola, Flipkart and Paytm, have all shut their grocery adventures. Grofers and Peppertap will struggle to eke out margins from pure delivery. Private label and control on inventory should give Bigbasket an edge. Will it emerge as a stand-out success story in the online grocery space? Time will tell - Comment

RJio preparing for soft launch of 4G services soonNew Delhi, Mar 29 () Reliance Jio, the telecom arm of Reliance Industries, is preparing for a soft launch of its 4G services soon, Credit Suisse said in a note today. Jio has already launched services for Reliance group employees and their friends three months back.